Forum: Miscellaneous

Hi all I am having problems with my web-browsers, they are crashing all the time, i am testing both Firefox, and Opera. Both seem to crash on a...

What is the difference between a . , .. and ... i.e. a dot,two dots and three dots i know a dot represents the current directory two dots...

I'm very flustered! Every time I try to install a program, i get the error How do c get an "acceptable cc" in $PATH?

I've been using gnu/linux nigh on 10 years. I've done plenty of networking, set up servers, built dedicated multimedia boxes, all sorts of things....

one of the keys on my keyboard doesn't work (its the last letter in the alphabet). I heard there was a work around so that i could use that letter if...

I have multiple servers running Ubuntu and OpenSuse 10.1/10.2. I was wondering, for security reasons, if there is a way I can change the OS...

I know that the nvidia-graphics9755 (or any version) is the nvidia proprietary drivers. Can anyone tell me what nvidia-x11-drv is?

Okay, so I'm trying to access my NTFS partition using a virtual system application called VirtualBox so I can run Linux and Windows concurrently(at...

How do I run an x server from a console without Xubuntu Feisty I'm already running x? I want to make do without having to use gdmflexiserver and...

How do I configure my system to look like so: getty on 1-3 vt on 4-9 mgetty on 10 messages on 11 kernel logs on 12 I want an x server to...

So I'm almost embarrassed to ask something so simple, but I cant find any info for the life of me. Whenever I open up my terminal, I get bash-3.1$...

Is it possible to mount ANY linux ISO to a thumb drive (I have a four gig thumb drive), and I was wondering if I could use it as an install "CD". ...

I just bought an UPS for my fileserver after having a streak of brown outs and 2 freaking blackouts during the end of may and into the month of june....

I just deleted all partitions on my D:// drive (which I thought had linux on it) via XP. Now when I boot I get a grub error (error 17). How do I...

Hello all, I am by no mean a Linux or Xen expert but I will do my best to explain my problem. We had recently a problem with Xen. It kept...

I don't know where this post should go so I've put it here: I've had a lot of problems with my computer, but this is the strangest one yet: ...

I seem to remember someone telling me about root login. Now someone is telling me differnet. I thought the - sets the enviroment where as the non...

Hi guys, After successful installation of RHEL4 , when I run xserver(default init 5) I got an error " kernel panic" msg which lead the system hang...